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American Masters"Alice Walker: Beauty In Truth"
Filmmakers trace the life of the author of The Color Purple from her birth in rural Georgia as a sharecropper's daughter through the violent racism and seismic social changes of the mid-20th century and the civil rights movement, to the present as she celebrates her 70th birthday.G

6:30 pm

Storied Life of Millie Benson
Author, reporter and adventurer Mildred Wirt Benson, who died in 2002 at the age of 96, is better known as Carolyn Keene, the ghostwriter of the first 23 Nancy Drew mysteriesG

7:00 pm

The Amish Shunned: American Experience
This film follows seven former members of the Amish community as they reflect on their decisions to leave the tightly knit community. Estranged from family, the ex-Amish find themselves struggling to understand and make their way in modern America. Interwoven through the stories are the voices of Amish men and women who remain staunchly loyal to their traditions and faith.G

9:00 pm

American Masters"Alice Walker: Beauty In Truth"
Filmmakers trace the life of the author of The Color Purple from her birth in rural Georgia as a sharecropper's daughter through the violent racism and seismic social changes of the mid-20th century and the civil rights movement, to the present as she celebrates her 70th birthday.G

10:30 pm

Storied Life of Millie Benson
Author, reporter and adventurer Mildred Wirt Benson, who died in 2002 at the age of 96, is better known as Carolyn Keene, the ghostwriter of the first 23 Nancy Drew mysteriesG

11:00 pm

The Amish Shunned: American Experience
This film follows seven former members of the Amish community as they reflect on their decisions to leave the tightly knit community. Estranged from family, the ex-Amish find themselves struggling to understand and make their way in modern America. Interwoven through the stories are the voices of Amish men and women who remain staunchly loyal to their traditions and faith.G